It's a fascinating story and one that a reader can delight in picking apart in layer after layer. Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray Home Literature Notes Vanity Fair Plot of Vanity Fair Table of Contents. It's interesting to turn this criticism on it's head and see that Becky is a product of the situation in which she finds herself - if she'd have been born into the same situation as Amelia she'd have no need to be as ambitious as she is. It has long been critiqued that Becky is essentially amoral, doing everything she can to get herself to a higher status. Amelia has been born into priviledge, whereas Becky has to fight her way up in society. It focuses around the fates of two women, the passive Amelia Sedley and the adventurous and ambitious Becky Sharp. The novel is an exploration of the human condition, and it's title gets it's name from the centre of human corruption in Pilgrim's Progress. They care little about doing the right thing or even the smart thing. In the world Thackeray depicts, society is made up of vain people acting in vain ways to improve their status. This particular edition is from 1911, printed by prestigious publishers Ward, Lock and Co and is a beautiful green cloth binding with gold gilt lettering. In aptly named Vanity Fair, vanity motivates the characters to chase social status, material possessions, more power, or the people who can deliver these. It was initially printed as a monthly serial comprising of 19 editions in total, and first published as a full novel in 1848. Vanity Fair, 'The Novel without a Hero', is an incredible novel by William Makepeace Thackery.
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